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Eliminate Down. One of the last shmups released for the system (along with Tengen's ports of Slap Fight MD & Grind Stormer). Released in 1993 by Soft Vision. Developed by Aprinet. The graphics are truly fantastic in this game. The ear grating audio however isn't exactly among the game's strengths....Quote:
Originally Posted by QuickSciFi
GleyLancer. The last MD shmup by NCS/Masaya (Hellfire, Gynoug). Released in 1992. Epic anime intro. Brilliant music and graphics.
Need I refresh your memory? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by A Black Falcon
I'm a little surprised since I assumed Eliminate Down would get the edge in votes. I've only played each game for a few minutes in Fusion but their quality is immediately apparent. I'm pumped for my MD Pro flash cart to arrive in the mail so I can play these two gems on actual hardware.
I think that Eliminate Down would win if it wouldn't fail so badly in the audio department. Overall Gleylancer definitely is the nicer package.
What do you mean? Eliminate Down has better music than Gleylancer, no question, and its sound effects are perfectly decent.
... You have a good point there, that one is one of the best shmup intros around, but no, I think I have to give the edge to Eliminate Down. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by roundwars
HAh! Not even close. ED has some annoying tracks, and some just average at best ones too. The intro is not only nothing special, ever, but it's super short. Or am I missing something? ED is great, for the first three levels. It drops down to just an average shooter after than. Some of the weapons are very generic looking by design (generic in a goofy and bad way). The main forward shot weapon looks totally out of place. Basically, it pretty much looks like the design of the weapons visual style was dictated on the premise of trying to be different, rather than trying to 'fit' within in the art game style. Some of the bosses are the same way. The art direction does seems inconsistent, but not overly so. I also dislike the flow of the visual design. All the 'fluff' is pretty much done in the first few stages. Like they were making this badass game, and then after the first few levels were done - they rushed out the rest of it. The levels as they are now, should have been mixed around differently. The visual fluff should be a reward as you progress in skill and make it further into the game. Sure, a little bit to wet the appetite in the beginning - but not all of it.Quote:
What do you mean? Eliminate Down has better music than Gleylancer, no question, and its sound effects are perfectly decent.
What was really cool about Eliminate Down, is that this game was practically unknown to a ton of Genesis/MD and Shmup fans. When it was being posted and reported about over the net a number of years back, it was like getting a brand new Genesis game. But after that feeling wore off, it doesn't live up to its hype. Gaiares easily puts Eliminate Down to shame, IMO (badass music, fantastic colors and graphics, much better weapon system, better stage designs, more 'fluff', etc).
Gley Lancer is one of my favorite genesis shooters. I like Eliminate Down but overall I would say Gley Lancer hands down. I wish I could have an original copy of it and not have to play it on my neo cart.
Thank you christuserloeser.
I agree. I don't get what's up with those 'Z's you shoot with your back weapon. :daze:Quote:
Originally Posted by tomaitheous
Eliminate Down by far for me. But I also love Gley Lancer. But I think the action is a little more frantic in ED.
It's hard to choose between the two, because it may very well be just a matter of taste, they are both good!